http://fifteensquared.net/2008/04/15/financial-times-12742-by-highlander/ Never knowingly undersolved. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:29:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://fifteensquared.net/2008/04/15/financial-times-12742-by-highlander/#comment-19516 Pogel Tue, 15 Apr 2008 15:52:59 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1438#comment-19516 Yes, was surprised to see the same word twice - and with the same wordplay! Must have been an oversight. Yes, was surprised to see the same word twice - and with the same wordplay! Must have been an oversight.

]]> http://fifteensquared.net/2008/04/15/financial-times-12742-by-highlander/#comment-19505 Ali Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:36:30 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1438#comment-19505 A rare chance for me to do the FT crossword after I took advantage of a complimentary copy from an office reception! Took me less time than it took the Central line to get from St Pauls to Oxford Circus to polish it off. A good crossowrd for beginners I guess. A rare chance for me to do the FT crossword after I took advantage of a complimentary copy from an office reception! Took me less time than it took the Central line to get from St Pauls to Oxford Circus to polish it off. A good crossowrd for beginners I guess.

]]> http://fifteensquared.net/2008/04/15/financial-times-12742-by-highlander/#comment-19491 Magpie Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:43:15 +0000 http://fifteensquared.net/?p=1438#comment-19491 I completed this in under 10 minutes - Highlander is consistently the easiest of the FT setters (though that can be a blessing when there's work to be done)! But I'd echo your comments about 23ac/6dn - in 25 years of solving I have never seen a repeated answer in a grid before (except in phrases in themed crosswords of the type that Cinephile/Araucaria and Enigmatist/Io are so good at). I completed this in under 10 minutes - Highlander is consistently the easiest of the FT setters (though that can be a blessing when there’s work to be done)! But I’d echo your comments about 23ac/6dn - in 25 years of solving I have never seen a repeated answer in a grid before (except in phrases in themed crosswords of the type that Cinephile/Araucaria and Enigmatist/Io are so good at).

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